We found 669 results for “Accountability”.
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Global Accountability Guardian Award
September 1, 2022
Human Rights First initiated the Global Accountability Guardian Award in 2021 to honor passionate and dedicated champions of human rights who work relentlessly to hold…
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Targeted Sanctions Project
August 31, 2022
Targeted human rights and anti-corruption sanctions like those authorized under the Global Magnitsky Act and similar programs can hold accountable the world’s worst human rights…
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Human Rights First Welcomes Introduction of Afghan Adjustment Act
August 9, 2022
WASHINGTON – Today’s bipartisan introduction of the Afghan Adjustment Act in the House of Representatives by Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Peter Meijer (R-MI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY),…
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IFA’s Amy Spitalnick to Advise Human Rights First on Extremism
August 9, 2022
Spitalnick and IFA Spearheaded Lawsuit Against Charlottesville White Supremacists NEW YORK — Human Rights First is pleased to announce that Amy Spitalnick is joining the…
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Filipino Human Rights Lawyer Angelo Guillen Honored with Baldwin Medal of Liberty
August 8, 2022
Baldwin Award Given to International Human Rights Defender in 2022 NEW YORK – Human Rights First announced today that Angelo Karlo Guillen, a human rights lawyer…
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U.S. Must Push for End to Torture in Egyptian Prisons
August 2, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC — Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was reportedly killed yesterday in a U.S. drone strike almost 21 years after the 9/11 attacks. Zawahiri is believed…
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Taking on Policies that Harm Human Rights Defenders at the Border
August 2, 2022
By Cora Wright, Legal Fellow, Refugee Protection and Refugee Representation A few weeks ago, a Mexican cartel in Nuevo Laredo kidnapped Baptist Pastor Lorenzo Ortiz,…
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Religious Freedom
July 18, 2022
Governments and non-state actors around the world have committed violent abuses against individuals on the basis of their religious beliefs or lack of such beliefs.
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Disinformation
July 18, 2022
Misinformation and disinformation are contributing to violent extremism and public health crises globally and represent a direct threat to human rights
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Social Media and Extremism
July 18, 2022
Social media is a permissive operating environment allowing violent extremists to radicalize, recruit, fundraise, and plan operations. Its algorithms also radicalize people to violence.
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Global Magnitsky and Targeted Sanctions
July 18, 2022
A growing number of countries have targeted sanctions programs – like the U.S. government's Global Magnitsky program – that they can use to impose consequences…